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Role Playing Games with Sprite Kit - Lifetime Access
In this series of lessons on Sprite Kit, we will create a physics-based world with a roaming hero that can collide with other heroes (and make them follow the leader). Nearly everything will be property-list driven and adjustable by changing text in a plist file. We will program an option for each character to include / exclude front animations, side animations or back animations. We will also make each character attack, emit particles, receive damage, have a health meter, advance levels, restart levels and much, much more! All using Xcode and Sprite Kit.
| Module 1 | Introduction to the RPG World | |
| Learn how to create a physics based world. | ||
| Unit 1 | Role Playing Games - Course Assets | |
| Unit 2 | Introduction | |
| Unit 3 | Initial Setup


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| Unit 4 | Creating the Physics-Based World | |
| Unit 5 | Creating the Physics-Based World Continued | |
| Module 2 | Property Lists, Debug Borders, Gestures & More | |
| We will continue building the game by setting up boundaries, other characters and working with a property list. | ||
| Unit 1 | Using the Property List Data | |
| Unit 2 | Adding Debug Boundaries for the Physics Objects | |
| Unit 3 | Adding Gesture Recognizers to the Sprite Kit View | |
| Unit 4 | Bringing in Other Characters from the Property List | |
| Module 3 | Follow the Leader | |
| In these videos we will work toward making a leader and following characters. | ||
| Unit 1 | Initial Directional Movements | |
| Unit 2 | Delayed Followers | |
| Unit 3 | Stopping the Characters | |
| Unit 4 | Enabling Characters on Contact with the Leader | |
| Module 4 | Textures for Front, Back and Side Views | |
| He will add various views to each character based on where they move. | ||
| Unit 1 | Setting up the rest of the Property List | |
| Unit 2 | SKActions for Changing the Textures of the Character | |
| Unit 3 | Running the SKActions for Front, Back and Side view Walk Sequences | |
| Unit 4 | SKActions for Attacking | |
| Module 5 | Particles, Health Meters, and Receiving Damage | |
| We will continue building the game environment by adding particles, health meters and more. | ||
| Unit 1 | Particle Emitters | |
| Unit 2 | Health Meters and Receiving Damage | |
| Unit 3 | Game Over | |
| Unit 4 | Switching Leader Order | |
| Module 6 | Instruction Text, Bouncing Off Walls & More | |
| We will finish off the game by tackling the topics below. | ||
| Unit 1 | Fading Instruction Text | |
| Unit 2 | Bouncing Back From Wall Contact and Flaming to Death | |
| Unit 3 | Collecting Coins | |
| Unit 4 | Advancing Levels | |
| Unit 5 | Alternate Property List Locations | |
| Unit 6 | Resizing the Entire SKScene | |
| Unit 7 | Creating an SKLabelNode for Stats | |
| Unit 8 | Applying Physics Force and Impulses to Scatter Coins | |